TITLE:
Cowboys of the Americas / Richard W. Slatta.
Publication Date:
1990
Publication Information:
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press,
Physical Description:
xiv, 306 p., [104] p. of plates : col. ill.
Geographic Term:
Bibliography Note:
Bibliography: p. 289-299.
Summary:
People throughout the world thrill to stories of galloping hooves, stampeding cattle, blazing gunfights, and other elements of cowboy lore, but few know what life was actually like for the working cowboy. This engrossing book by Richard W. Slatta explores the reality of cowboy life in the United States, Canada, and Spanish America, from the cowboy's beginnings as a wild-cattle hunter to his decline in the early twentieth century. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, artworks, and posters, Cowboys of the Americas evokes the colorful world of North and South American cowboys in pictures and words.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780300045291
General Note:
Includes index.
